Degradation of n-alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in petroleum by a newly isolated Pseudomonas aeruginosa DQ8

High efficiency degradation of alkanes and crude oil by a salt-tolerant bacterium Dietzia species CN-3

“…3). This might be attributed to the biomass of the bacterium and the absorption of crude oil, which means the bacteria might have reached the peak degradation activity in the first four days (Zhang et al, 2011). After 12d, the degradation rate was 91.6%, which is higher than previously reported rates (66.6e82.5%), even for mixed bacterial consortia (Gao et al, 2015;Von der Weid et al, 2007).…”

Implications of Benzoate Induced Alterations in Cell Morphology and Physiology in Pseudomonas aeruginosa TMR2.13 for Potential Application in Bioremediation and Monitoring Approaches

“…Strain TMR2.13 also exhibited an efficient denitrification of nitrate (up to 31 mM) in DM. P. aeruginosa is known to mineralize a wide variety of organic compounds including aliphatic [24], aromatic [26] and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons [27]. Isolate TMR2.13 when inoculated in a mineral salts medium [28] with sodium benzoate as the sole carbon source, showed luxuriant growth between 0.1-1.5% and tolerated up to 3% benzoate.…”

The culturable mycobiota of a Mediterranean marine site after an oil spill: isolation, identification and potential application in bioremediation

“…Nowadays crude oil removal is possible using different techniques, such as in situ burning or the use of chemical dispersants, but they have economic, ecologic and technic drawbacks: for instance the use of dispersant does not solve the problem but, just separate oil in another phase which cannot easily be removed from the environment (Schaum et al, 2010;Zheng et al, 2014). Bio-based systems offer interesting alternatives being an economic and environmental friendly method (Zhang et al, 2011). The use of bacteria and fungi is based on their capability to use crude oil and its derivatives as the sole carbon source (McGenity et al, 2012).…”